January 1, 1912.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



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THE NEW JERSEY EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY LAW. 



The Employers' Liability Law, recently passed in New Jer- 

 sey, which is of such a sweeping character that the employer is 

 made liable for injuries to the employe, under a great many con- 

 ditions under which hitherto no such liability has legally existed, 

 has recently been given a test in the court and its constitutional- 

 ity sustained. 



Relative to a verdict granting damages of $7.27 a week for 

 300 weeks to the widow and children of the first man killed 

 since the law went into operation, Judge William P. Martin, in 

 the Court of Common Pleas at Newark, New Jersey, on Decem- 

 ber 4, gave an opinion in which he sustained the constitutionality 

 of the act on every point attacked. The verdict was in favor of 

 Mrs. Lizzie A. Sexton, widow of Floyd Sexton, who was killed 

 while in the employ of the Newark District Telephone Co., July 

 4 last, four hours after the new law went into effect. 



TRADE NEWS NOTES. 



William R. Thropp & Sons Co., Trenton, New Jersey, manu- 

 facturers of rubber machinery, who recently equipped two 

 rubber nlills in Mexico for preparing crude rubber for export, 

 are planning the erection of a large addition to their present 

 works. 



The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, is construct- 

 ing two new buildings, one 300 x 60 feet, five stories high, being 

 an addition to the factory, and the other 120 x SO feet, six 

 stories high, being an addition to the general office. It is in- 

 stalling in its power plant one 3,000 h. p. cross compound engine 

 and one 1,500 kw. turbine, together with several smaller pieces 

 of machinery. The automobile tire capacity of the plant is 

 being increased from 2,200 to 3,500 casings per day. 



The Fear-Naught Tire and Rubber Co., Paterson, New Jersey, 

 has purchased the Cardinal mill in that city, which was operated 

 for many years by the Cardinal Silk Co. Some changes will 

 be made before the rubber machinery is installed. 



The B. F. Goodrich Co. will erect a three-story building and 

 basement at 1925 and 1927 Michigan avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 



The Diamond Rvibber Co. is erecting a two-story brick build- 

 ing on the corner of Eleventh and Olive streets, Los Angeles, 

 California. 



The Firestone side-wire cushion tire for electric cars claims 

 special merit for its easy riding qualities, first by giving a double 

 or dual tread, and second, by adding internal cavities at frequent 

 intervals in the base directly under the tread where the full cush- 

 ion eflfect may be secured. 



On January 1, 1912, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. opened 

 a new branch office at 1521 Commerce street, Dallas, Texas. T. B. 

 Talbot, who formerly traveled through Ohio for the Firestone, 

 has charge of the Dallas office. This company will open a new 

 branch at Indianapolis, Indiana ; and new agencies have been 

 opened at Springfield, Ohio, Tacoma, Washington, Des Moines, 

 Iowa, and Dayton, Ohio, making 45 agencies in all. 



The firm of A. T. Morse & Co., for many years well known 

 in the rubber importing trade, was dissolved on December 31 

 last, and has been replaced by the new firm of Meyer & Brown, 

 cpnsisting of Otto Meyer, who was a partner in A. T. Morse 

 & Co. for five years, and A. H. Brown, who was also connected 

 with the same firm for four years. A. T. Morse will be inter- 

 ested in the new firm as a special partner. Business will be con- 

 ducted in the offices occupied by A. T. Morse & Co., at 35 South 

 William street, New York City, N. Y. 



The Apsley Rubber Co., Hudson, Massachusetts, distributed to 

 its friends and employes a Christmas card with Christmas greet- 

 ings on one side and on the other an invitation to be present at 

 the town hall in Hudson, on December 29, at a triple entertain- 

 ment, the early part of the evening being devoted to "An Illus- 

 trated Trip Abroad," by Anthony W. Straus, which was fol- 



lowed by a collation at 9 p. m., which in turn was followed by 

 a grand ball. It is not necessary to add that the invitation was 

 accepted by all who were near enough to get there. 



The Quaker City Rubber Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has 

 sent out to its customers a pretty Christmas card printed on an 

 imitation cross section of wood, which gives a very artistic 

 effect. 



The Converse Rubber Shoe Co., Maiden, Massachusetts, in 

 order to take care of its increasing business, has found it 

 desirable to increase its capital ; and accordingly the directors, 

 at a meeting held December 1, voted to increase the company's 

 capital from $400,000 to $600,000 by issuing 1,750 shares of 7 

 per cent, preferred stock and 250 shares of general capital stock, 

 the latter being subscribed for by the officers of the company. 



A first and final dividend of 1 per cent, has been declared in 

 the settlement of the affairs of the M. Lindsay Rubber Manu- 

 facturing Co., which went into bankruptcy in Washington, 

 District of Columbia, several years ago. 



The B. & R. Rubber Company, of North Brookfield, Massa- 

 chusetts, has declared a dividend of 2 per cent, on common stock 

 and 1j4 per cent, on preferred stock, both payable January 1, 

 1912, to stock of record December 26. 



Tlie Canadian Consolidated Rubber Company, Ltd., has declared 

 the regular quarterly dividends of 1|4 per cent, on its preferred 

 stock and of 1 per cent, on its common stock, both payable Jan- 

 uary 2 to holders of record December 21. 



The Walpole Rubber Company, Walpole, Massachusetts, has 

 declared the usual quarterly dividend of 1J4 per cent, on preferred 

 and 1 per cent, on common stock, payable January 15, to stock 

 of record January 1. 



CALENDARS RECEIVED. 



J. H. Stedman & Co., Inc., dealers in scrap rubber, Boston, 

 Massachusetts, have issued a handsome wall calendar, 14 by 22 

 inches, showing a pretty landscape, printed in a delicate shade 

 of green, while below is a calendar pad, large size, with a page 

 for each month. It is a convenient office calendar, as the figures 

 are legible at a considerable distance. 



George F. Lufbery, Jr., manufacturer of chemicals for the 

 rubber trade, Elizabeth, New Jersey, has issued a wall calendar 

 for office use in the form of a long hanger, about 13 inches 

 wide and 32 inches long, having twelve leaves, each leaf giving 

 three full months. As the type is large and plain, this calendar 

 is serviceable for general use in any large office. 



The LInited States Rubber Co. has distributed to its customers 

 a handsome wall calendar of practically the same design as the 

 calendar issued last year, which was very favorably commented on. 

 The calendar is 12 by 18 inches, printed on heavy white card- 

 board, which in turn is mounted on a heavy green board. The 

 design, which is decorative rather than pictorial and shows an 

 arrangement of rubber leaves, is printed in gold and white and 

 several shades of green. In constructing this calendar the main 

 consideration was obviously to get quality rather than to escape 

 expense. 



The New Jersey Rubber Co., Lambertville, New Jersey, issues 

 a useful desk calendar, devoting a leaf to each day in the year. 

 Each leaf on its face not only gives the particular date in large 

 type, legible across the office, but shows in addition three full 

 months. The back of the page can be devoted to memoranda. 



The American Rubber Manufacturing Co., San Francisco, 

 California, has issued a very pretty calendar, intended for the 

 home rather than for the office, which reproduces a painting by 

 the New York artist, Philip Boileau, and printed in the four 

 color process, entitled, "After the Opera." It shows a hand- 

 some young woman, evidently from her expression reminising 

 on the evening she has just passed. From her general ap- 

 pearance and accoutrement it is obvious that she occupied the 

 center box in the first tier. 



